STUDY ON RESTORATION AND SHARING METHOD ON TOWN SPACE IN DEVASTATED AREA

The workshop with 1/500 restoration model of Machikata area in Otsuchi town, Iwate prefecture

Abstract

After the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, various projects have been pushed forward for early restoration while they don't necessarily restore former town-scapes which was entirely transformed. Some local people are worried about losing their memories of hometown in course of recovery. This essay examines, how they could retrive and transmit memories of their lost towns to next generations through the workshops to build 1:500 restoration models on the central districts (Machikata area) at Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture. The result enables us to explore memories of town space and means to share and utilize them.